1973 Ryder Cup
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The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 – 13 points.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain and Ireland
Captain: 
Bernard Hunt
Brian Barnes- Bernard Gallacher
- Peter Butler
- Tony Jacklin
- Neil Coles
Christy O'Connor- Maurice Bembridge
- Peter Oosterhuis
Brian Huggett- Clive Clark
Eddie Polland
[edit] 
Team United States
Captain: Jack Burke
- Billy Casper
- Tom Weiskopf
- Homero Blancas
- Tommy Aaron
- Gay Brewer
- J. C. Snead
- Jack Nicklaus
- Lee Trevino
- Lou Graham
- Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez
- Arnold Palmer
- Dave Hill
[edit] Friday's matches
[edit] Morning Foursomes
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Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes/Gallacher |  1 hole |
Trevino/Casper |
| O'Connor/Coles | 3 & 2 |
Weiskopf/Snead |
| Jacklin/Oosterhuis | halved | Rodríguez/Graham |
| Bembridge/Butler |  6 & 5 |
Nicklaus/Palmer |
| 2 ½ | Foursomes | 1 ½ |
| 2 ½ | Overall | 1 ½ |
[edit] Afternoon Four-Ball
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes/Gallacher | 5 & 4 |
Aaron/Brewer |
| Bembridge/Huggett | 3 & 1 |
Palmer/Nicklaus |
| Jacklin/Oosterhuis | 3 & 1 |
Weiskopf/Casper |
| O'Connor/Coles | 2 & 1 |
Trevino/Blancas |
| 3 | Four-Ball | 1 |
| 5 ½ | Overall | 2 ½ |
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Morning Foursomes
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes/Butler | 1 hole |
Nicklaus/Weiskopf |
| Oosterhuis/Jacklin | 2 holes |
Palmer/Hill |
| Bembridge/Huggett | 5 & 4 |
Rodríguez/Graham |
| Coles/O'Connor | 2 & 1 |
Trevino/Casper |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 7 ½ | Overall | 4 ½ |
[edit] Afternoon Four-Ball
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Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes/Butler | 2 holes |
Snead/Palmer |
| Jacklin/Oosterhuis | 3 & 2 |
Brewer/Casper |
| Clark/Polland | 3 & 2 |
Nicklaus/Weiskopf |
| Bembridge/Huggett | halved | Trevino/Blancas |
| ½ | Four-Ball | 3 ½ |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Morning singles
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Barnes | 2 & 1 |
Billy Casper |
| Bernard Gallacher | 3 & 1 |
Tom Weiskopf |
| Peter Butler | 5 & 4 |
Homero Blancas |
| Tony Jacklin | 3 & 1 |
Tommy Aaron |
| Neil Coles | halved | Gay Brewer |
| Christy O'Connor Snr | 1 hole |
J. C. Snead |
| Maurice Bembridge | halved | Jack Nicklaus |
| Peter Oosterhuis | halved | Lee Trevino |
| 2 ½ | Singles | 5 ½ |
| 10 ½ | Overall | 13 ½ |
[edit] Afternoon singles
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Huggett | 4 & 2 |
Homero Blancas |
| Brian Barnes | 3 & 1 |
J. C. Snead |
| Bernard Gallacher | 6 & 5 |
Gay Brewer |
| Tony Jacklin | 2 & 1 |
Billy Casper |
| Neil Coles | 6 & 5 |
Lee Trevino |
| Christy O'Connor | halved | Tom Weiskopf |
| Maurice Bembridge | 2 holes |
Jack Nicklaus |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 4 & 2 |
Arnold Palmer |
| 2 ½ | Singles | 5 ½ |
| 13 | Overall | 19 |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1973 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup – 1973. About:Golf. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup history: 1973. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
| 1971 Ryder Cup 18½ 13½ |
1973 Ryder Cup 19 13 |
1975 Ryder Cup 21 11 |
